- UN expert on the right to housing to visit India
Priti Darooka
Hindi
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UN expert on the right to housing to visit India
GENEVA / NEW DELHI (6 April
2016) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Leilani Farha will visit India from
11 to 22 April. She will be examining the housing and homeless conditions of
vulnerable groups in different parts of the country, as well as legislation,
policies and programmes in place or gaps for the enjoyment of the right to
adequate housing at the national and subnational levels.
“I will focus on the housing
related challenges and opportunities faced by the most vulnerable and
marginalized in the worlds’ biggest democracy,” said the independent expert
tasked by the UN Human Rights Council with promoting the full realisation of
adequate housing and non-discrimination in this context.
The Special Rapporteur monitors,
reports and advises on the realisation of the right to adequate housing
globally, including by identifying best practices, obstacles and protection
gaps. Her work is guided by international human rights law and standards.
“I look forward to engaging with
authorities, civil society and residents to better understand how the right to
housing is implemented in India, what practical approaches have been
prioritised, and what policies, programmes and decisions have either helped or
hampered the realization of this human right,” Ms. Farha said.
“I will visit the cities of New
Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, as well as urban peripheries and rural areas, to
explore what still needs to be undertaken to ensure the right to adequate
housing is enjoyed by all in India,” she noted.
The human rights expert, who
will visit the country for two weeks at the invitation of the Government of
India, will meet with government representatives at national and local levels,
as well as with civil society, community organisations, residents in urban and
rural areas, and UN officials.
Ms. Farha will share with the
media her preliminary observations at a press conference in New Delhi on
22 April at 4:00pm in the UN Conference Hall, UN House, 55 Lodi Estate, New
Delhi-110003. Access to the press conference is strictly limited to
journalists.
The Special Rapporteur will
submit a comprehensive report to the UN Human Rights Council, including her
findings and recommendations, in March 2017.
ENDS
Ms. Leilani
Farha (Canada) is the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a
component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to
non-discrimination in this context. She took her function in June 2014. Ms.
Farha is the Executive Director of the NGO Canada without Poverty, based in
Ottawa, Canada. A lawyer by training, for the past 20 years Ms. Farha has
worked both internationally and domestically on the implementation of the right
to adequate housing for the most marginalized groups and on the situation of
people living in poverty. Learn more, log on to: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx
The Special
Rapporteurs are part of what is known as the Special Procedures of the Human
Rights Council. Special Procedures, the largest body of independent experts in
the UN Human Rights system, is the general name of the Council’s independent
fact-finding and monitoring mechanisms that address either specific country
situations or thematic issues in all parts of the world. Special Procedures’
experts work on a voluntary basis; they are not UN staff and do not receive a
salary for their work. They are independent from any government or organization
and serve in their individual capacity.
UN Human
Rights, country page – India: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/AsiaRegion/Pages/INIndex.aspx
For more
information and media requests, please contact:
During
the visit:
Rajiv
Chandran, UNIC- New Delhi (+91 11 4653 2242 / rajiv.c...@unic.org)
Juana
Sotomayor (+41 79 444 4078 / +91 99 580 24097 / jsoto...@ohchr.org)
Mariannick
Koffi (+41 79 444 3993 / +91 704 264 8877 / mko...@ohchr.org )
In Geneva
(before and after the visit):
Juana
Sotomayor (+41 22 917 9445 / jsoto...@ohchr.org)
Mariannick
Koffi (+41 22 917 9642) or write to srho...@ohchr.org
For media
inquiries related to other UN independent experts:
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Celaya – Media Unit (+ 41 22 917 9383 / xce...@ohchr.org)
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